What happened on this day in history: Elizabeth I of England takes the throne in 1558, Chicago serial killer H. H. Holmes is arrested in 1894, and more.1558: Elizabeth I Of England Takes The English Throne Elizabeth I — the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn — becomes Queen of England and Ireland. Also known as the “Virgin Queen,” Elizabeth never married or had children, instead dedicating herself to her job and her country.

William T. Anderson became known as the deadliest Confederate raider of the Civil War after perpetrating several horrific massacres in Kansas and Missouri.Wikimedia CommonsWhile the armies of the Union and the Confederacy raged in the east, William T. “Bloody Bill” Anderson fought an altogether different and more savage Civil War. For men like “Bloody Bill” Anderson, the Civil War was much more than a battle to decide the shape of American government or the fate of slavery.

In 1945, while flying low in a haze of heavy fog, a B-25 Bomber made a wrong turn in New York City and crashed into the Empire State Building. Smoke streaks out of the Empire State Building's 78th floor windows shortly after a B-25 Bomber crashed into the east wall of the skyscraper. July 28, 1945. Getty Images An injured woman is removed from the Empire State Building after the B-25 Bomber plane crash.

When Neil deGrasse Tyson was a jock, Betty White was a babe, and Robin Williams was exactly the man we'd all come to know and love. Nirvana's first photo shoot as a band. 1988.Facebook Eminem on his 18th birthday. 1990.Facebook Peter Dinklage in high school.Vulture Robin Williams in high school. Ranker A 17-year-old Prince at the beginning of his career. 1975.Facebook An 18-year-old Alan Rickman in 1964.Facebook The Red Hot Chili Peppers performing in 1986.

From innocent lingerie modeling to fetish and S&M photoshoots, these pinup girls broke the mold in 20th-century America.Before the sexual revolution, there were the pinup girls. From Marilyn Monroe to Betty Grable, the most famous pinup models were known for making eyes pop with their sexy photos during the 1940s and 1950s. While the history of the pinup didn’t begin or end with World War II, this era is often seen as the golden age of the pinup girls.

From the tissue that began as a World War I gas mask to the disinfectant that became a feminine hygiene product, learn the shocking, little-known histories of our everyday products.When we reach for the stuff inside our medicine cabinets or pantries, we rarely think much about its history. But a lot of the products that we use without a second thought have unbelievable, and sometimes sexist or dangerous, origins: Lysol Was Sold As A Feminine Hygiene Product Mike Mozart/FlickrWomen were once encouraged to use Lysol to disinfect their genitals.

Officials now grapple with the multimillion-dollar question of what exactly to do with all of these corpses.University of Mississippi Medical CenterThe dig site on the former grounds of the Mississippi State Insane Asylum. New findings indicate that thousands of corpses are buried on the grounds of a Mississippi mental asylum that shut down nearly a century ago. Underground radar shows that as many as 7,000 patients’ bodies lie underneath what was once the Mississippi State Insane Asylum.

The 1969 Berkshire UFO Incident Stock PhotoOn September 1, 1969, the Reed family claimed they were abducted by a UFO in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Today, Berkshire County, Massachusetts is famous for its wide-open countryside that makes it a popular vacation destination. But the rural territory was once heralded as a hotbed of UFO activity following the alleged sighting that took place on the evening of Sept. 1, 1969. More than 50 years later, the true scary story of the Berkshire UFO incident remains perhaps the most chilling tale of an alien abduction on record.

Persecuted around the world and still subject to discrimination in modern day Europe, we look into the fascinating history of the Gypsy people.Source: Education For Sustainability In 1332, a Franciscan monk from Ireland visited the island of Crete. While there, he wrote this description of what he called “the descendants of Cain,” whom he met outside the town of Heraklion: “They rarely, or ever remain in one place more than thirty days; but ever, as though bearing God’s curse with them, after the thirtieth day, go like vagabonds and fugitives from one locality to another, in the manner of the Arabs, with small, oblong, black, low tents, and run from cavern to cavern, because the place where they establish themselves becomes in that space of time so full of vermin and filth that it is no longer habitable.

The shining white marble-based structures were designed to glisten in the sun and potentially symbolize ancient creation myths for those within viewing distance. The summit was a sacred site of religious offerings.Wikimedia CommonsThe tiny islet of Dhaskalio is situated off the larger island of Keros, which is 125 southeast of Athens. New excavations on the Aegean islet of Dhaskalio are giving archaeologists an entirely new understanding of ancient Greece. According to The Independent, a dig on the small island 125 miles southeast of Athens has revealed a stunning 4,600-year-old complex of buildings.